Track & Field

MollieRoden

  • position Distance/XC
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High school Rampart High School

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7891475/Kentucky/Mollie_Roden.html 

Personal Bests:

Cross Country:

4K – 14:37.0

5K – 17:41.6

6K – 21:35.1

Indoor:

Mile – 4:58.09

3000 – 9:56.76

Outdoor:

1500 – 4:37.12

5000 – 17:05.54

Academic Accolades 

  • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll 

2023-24 (Junior)

Cross Country

  • Placed 36th with a personal best time of 17:41.6 in the 5k at the Southern Showcase
  • Placed 99th with a personal best time of 21:43.9 in the 6k at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational
  • Placed 49th with a time of 21:11.9 in the 6k at the Crimson Classic
  • Placed 56th with a personal best time of 21:35.1 in the 6k at the SEC Championships
  • Placed 97th with a time of 21:41.2 in the 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regional

Indoor

  • Member of DMR team that placed 3rd with a time of 11:43.62 at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Placed 23rd with a time of 4:58.60 in the mile run at the Vanderbilt Invitational
  • Placed 7th with a time of 9:59.19 in the 3000m at the Razorback Invitational
  • Placed 24th with a personal best time of 9:56.76 in the 3000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Outdoor

  • Won the 5000m with a time of 17:13.03 at the USF Alumni Invitational
  • Won the 5000m with a personal best time of 17:05.54 at the Battle on the Bayou

2022-23 (Sophomore)

Outdoor

  • Placed 43rd in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:44.39 at the Tom Jones Memorial
  • Placed 8th in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:46.38 at the Jim Green Invitational

Indoor

  • Placed 7th in the mile with a time of 4:59.11 at the Rod McCravy Memorial.

Cross Country

  • Placed 7th in the 4k with a time of 14:55.0 at the EKU tri-meet.
  • Set a career best time of 18:11.0 in the 5k at the North Alabama Showcase.
  • Set a career best time of 21:56.0 in the 6k at the SEC Cross Country Championships.

2021-22 (Freshman) 

Outdoor 

  • Earned a personal best in the 1500m (4:37.12) at the Florida Relays 

Indoor 

  • Competed in four meets 
  • Ran a personal best in the mile (4:58.09) at the Vanderbilt Invitational 

Cross Country 

  • Finished 77th (22:12.1) in the women’s 6K at SEC Championships as UK’s top true freshman finisher 
  • Ran all four regular season meets for Kentucky 

High School 

  • Finished in top-25 of 2020 Colorado Cross Country State Championships (19:10.3) 
  • Had four top-four finishes during the 2021 outdoor season in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m 
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